UFC Octagon Girl Palmer on March Playboy cover

(L-R) UFC Octagon Girls Brittney Palmer, Arianny Celeste, and Chandella Powell turn their backs to the scale as Mitch Clarke weighs in during the UFC 140 Official Weigh-in at the Air Canada Centre on December 9, 2011 in Toronto, Canada.Photo by
Josh Hedges

This was an epic weekend for Brittney Palmer fans.

Not only did the former WEC-turned-UFC Octagon Girl-turned-art school student return to the UFC, but it was also announced that she’ll be gracing the cover of the March issue of Playboy. Palmer becomes the third UFC Octagon Girl to pose for Hugh Hefner’s iconic magazine, joining Rachelle Leah and Arianny Celeste; Octagon Girl Chandella Powell has also appeared in the magazine, but prior to her employment with the UFC.

I know we’d all like to keep the WWE comparisons to a minimum when it comes to the UFC and mixed martial arts, but this is a page out of the Vince McMahon playbook. Eight female WWE superstars have been featured inside the pages of Playboy; from 2005-2008, every April cover was a different WWE Diva.

Interesting twist: the first WWE superstar to pose for Heff’s cameras? Brock Lesnar’s wife, Rena, better known to wrestling fans as Sable.

I’ll probably pick up the magazine when it comes out, but only to read the articles.

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